Anuja Joshi made her performing debut with the thriller sequence Hello Mini, which is now in its third season on MX Player. She is the daughter of Alankar Joshi, well-known as youngster actor Master Alankar in ’70s movies. Her aunt Pallavi Joshi can be an acclaimed actress, so it was pure for Anuja to need to step into the movie world, and she or he discovered success because the lead of her very first sequence.
Talking about rising up in a household of actors, Anuja says, “I’ve always been in the performing arts – me and my twin sister Aneesha – since we were children. That was a huge part of our upbringing. I’ve always wanted to become an actress. And I was surrounded by family members who were actors and actresses. It was always nurtured within me.”
But she grew up distant from Bollywood, as her father migrated to the US after retiring from his performing profession. She landed Hello Mini via auditions, and never due to her household connections. “I was raised in the US, very far away from the industry in India. And I went to NYU for film school. My experience came from working in production for a long time. I was working on set, but not as an actress. I did that for several years on different TV shows in Hollywood,” she shares.
Her household, apart from being supportive, additionally provides her good recommendation relating to work. “Both my father and my aunt give me great feedback. My father has done so many films before, from the age of four. My aunt is a renowned actress in her own right. So I definitely take their advice. They have some amazing pieces of wisdom that they give me along the way. We’re all very close,” she says.
Anuja additionally has a supportive accomplice in actor Ankur Rathee, who has starred within the movie Thappad and the sequence Four More Shots Please and Made in Heaven. “People say it is difficult if both are from the same industry, but I think that we understand the expectations of the industry. We are very used to spending a lot of time apart, because we have to travel for work. And we both understand how demanding this job is. And that’s why when we come together, we just focus on nurturing our own relationship, instead of having expectations that are unrealistic on each other. It’s like we speak the same language,” Anuja reveals.
The couple bought engaged a while in the past, however are unable to plan their marriage ceremony due to the pandemic. “We’re trying to plan but the reality is that Covid-19 is still very rampant. And it’s not a time to be irresponsible and have an event of any sort, because that causes a huge spike in numbers. So I’m just trying to wait and see what is going on in the world before we make any hard and fast plans,” she says.
Anuja divides time between household within the US and work in India. She has simply completed filming season 4 of The Resident on Fox, her first Hollywood undertaking. “It is not easy to manage working in two countries, but I try not to complain. Because it’s amazing that I’ve been offered work, especially during a time when it’s difficult for a lot of people to work. I’m very grateful,” she says.
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